Jury Can`t Decide On Death Penalty

November 29, 1985

A jury that earlier had convicted Edward Walker, 28, of murder, was dismissed when it failed to reach agreement on whether Walker should be sentenced to death. Cook County Criminal Court Judge James Bailey set a sentencing date for Dec. 23, when prosecutors said they will ask Bailey to sentence Walker to natural life in prison. Walker, a reputed street gang member, and Spencer Thomas Jr., 25, were convicted last week of the December, 1983, murder and robbery of Frank and Evelyn Johnson, a South Side couple.